Those are a lot like Propik Fingertones, which is what I use. I just bend them so that they follow the contours of my fingers (as best I can do), and then bend the area of the pick that naturally strikes the string when I play, getting it to come away very slightly from my finger (so that the pick doesn't slide along the string, but catches it ever so slightly and releases the string cleanly). For me, this means the extended part is slightly off center of my finger.
In some ways, bending the kicks is like shaping your nails so that you get the release that you want, and the tone that sounds best to you.
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